[LMB] On the importance of sources in this discussion, was: Re: Energy efficiency
Mark Allums
mark at allums.com
Sat Feb 9 02:17:37 GMT 2008
Raye Johnsen wrote:
> --- Mark Allums <mark at allums.com> wrote:
>
>> Would you go all Wikipedia on
>> me, and insist on
>> me citing references?
>
> YES, YES, YES!
>
> I don't mean to imply that any listee here is not
> speaking factually, or impugn anyone's scientific
> reputation, but in this PARTICULAR field there is so
> much misinformation and so many conflicting agendas
> that I really, seriously, can't take anyone's word for
> any fact in this area that they cite UNLESS they back
> it up with evidence.
>
> So, *YES*. I DO insist on references, because I WANT
> to believe my fellow listees. And in this field, I
> just would be STUPID to accept ANYONE'S word without
> backup.
Raye, Peter: Here is a place to start:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/20/1858204&from=rss
--Mark Allums
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